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Saturday, March 20, 2010

OWH Spring Brake Bloghop March 20, 2010

Welcome to the Operation Write Home Spring Break Bloghop! Thanks for stopping by! I am so happy to participate in this Bloghop. If you arrived here from Kimme's, The Life of a Princess blog then you are in the right place but if you arrived on my blog in the middle of the hop and want to start at the beginning, please go to the OWH Stars and Stamps blog for the start of the hop so you can get the 'full experience' for the day.

The theme of this Bloghop is springy thinking-of-you or hello card (no sentiment is also fine). So I made the following two cards to share with you. I hope you will like them.

I used the digital image "Time for Tea" from Karen's Doodles for this card. Karen Johnson kindly allowed me to use her colored version of this image especially for making cards for heroes. She said that she is honored to become a part of Operation Write Home. I sponged the sky and the grass with chalk inks.

I make cards for heroes because I am so thanksful for their serving our country and people. I have been making cards for heroes with my colleagues at work over a year. Their contribution is a grate help. Next Monday we are going to make Mother's Day cards including any theme of cards. As a reminder, the deadline for Mother's Day is April 1st.

I like to play with OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenges on Sundays. I hope you will check it out and get more inspirations.

As I mentioned on my previous post, here is how I made my homemade glue dots. This is easy to make and easy to use. And also it saves your time when you make many cards with others.
You will need a used (peeled off) Avery Address Label paper which is non-sticky and Aleen's Tack-It Over & Over. I bought it at Michaels.

On the non-sticky side paper, make a small drops with Tack-It Over & Over liquid as many as you want to make your homemade glue dots. Leave it until white color turns to clear at least 24 hours. In my experience, I think it is better to wait for another day.

To store, fold it in half to both non-sticky side facing each other

The next stop on the hop is Anita's, Cards & Coffeeblog. She is very talented and I am sure you will enjoy her creations.

Seongsook:I absolutely LOVE the card you made with my colored image :-) I also love the way you sponged the sky! I am very proud to be a part of your charity. Thank you for thinking of me:-)Hugs, Karen :-)

Seongsook! Great to see you on the hop! I love the homemade glue dots, that is such a great idea (seeing as I seem to use them by the thousands...)Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards, hope you enjoy the hop today!

hahaha - when I first saw your card, I thought, oh I totally love that image!! Then a few seconds later, I remembered, I just bought that! I just haven't had a chance to print it out on some cardstock yet... Love your card! joanej in Calif

I'll have to try making my own gluedots - I use so many of them for small embellishments! How well do they stay stuck on the card if they're removable glue? I love love love that second card you made... it gave me a start to see the name though - Karen Johnson is my maiden name and it's a long time since I've seen it in print! lol (I know it's a pretty common name...)

Your cards are so pretty! I love the delicate lace on the first one especially.And such a great tutorial. I just happen to have Tack it over and over as well as an empty Avery sheet. Thank you so much for this money saving tutorial!

Seongsook your cards are absolutely beautiful!!! Love the coloring in both cards!!! Thanks for sharing the tutorial on the glue dots! I've always heard about it but never had a visual, so thank you!! We miss you over at Sew Many Challenges by the way!! But I see you've been busy with a great cause!!

As a military spouse and someone new to OWH, I thank you for taking part in this awesome blog hop and in OWH!

Both cards are lovely - thank you for sharing! I love your coloring on the 2nd card, especially. Thank you so much for the glue dots tutorial, as well - always looking for a way to save a couple $$ ... Thank you for participating!

Love your cards. And thanks for the tip on using the label sheets...doh! I have been saving the backing of stickers and everything else, but this makes so much more sense, and I just threw one out, time to dig it out. Thanks for your hard work sending cards to our heroes.

Thanks for all you do, and thanks for the tip on making glue dots!! I am going to join up with you gals, what a wonderful organization, wish i knew about it sooner! I am your newest follower :)thanks, Susan

Your blog is always one of my faves Seongsook! I couldn't wait to get here! That flower card is amazing - I just love the shape of it and the glue dot tutorial is just over the top! I am going to have to try that tip! You are the best!!!

What cute cards - I really love the turtle and how you used the top note (or similar) and then edge colored. Thanks for the tutorial on the glue dots - I just bought some, so will have to wait until I run out to try this idea. TFS